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>born into immense wealth but donated his entire inheritance
>mastered all of mathematical logic as an undergraduate
>BTFO’d Bertrand Russell so hard he stopped doing philosophy
>volunteered for WW1, asked for the most dangerous front-line assignments possible
>had dozens of near-death experiences, winning multiple medals for valor
>wrote the TLP during the war, changing philosophy forever
>wrote the PI, BTFOing his previous works
>architect
>engineer
>gardener
>mystic
>virtuoso whistler, could whistle entire symphonies solely from memory
>invented the truth table
>invented the emoji
>knocked out a kid, went back to his village ten years later during a blizzard to apologize
>jabbed a fireplace poker in Karl Popper’s face
Find me a philosopher who was 1% as based as him, I fucking dare you.

>> No.17167876

>pussy milk

>> No.17167880

>>17167868
I think you pretty much covered it. What a legend.

>> No.17167886

>>17167868
Aquinas was also pretty based since he still makes people seethe centuries later

>> No.17167888

>>17167868
holy based

>> No.17167890

>>17167868
I would be like him today if society wasn't so shit. Try putting him in the modern world and he'd just be assaulted by a black. Would he go do brave things if he lived in a multicultural shithole that hates whites?

>> No.17167898

>>17167868
>Filthy kike

>> No.17167904

>>17167890
I sort of doubt frontline combat veteran, fire poker maniac, child slapping chadggenstein would be "assaulted by a black"

>> No.17167917

>>17167868
Anscombe's probably the closest you could get to someone who carried on his legacy (although, of course, nowhere near Witt) with the Lewis story (BTFO'd him into writing children's books), the abortion stuff, and her general style and influence (especially over philosophy of action).

>> No.17167924

>>17167868
>>wrote the TLP during the war, changing philosophy forever
Pseudpost kys op

>> No.17167929

>>17167868
A total philosophical dead end

>> No.17167933

>>17167890
I've been collecting your racist posts. I'm sending them to Amazon. Your books are about to be taken down. Sucks to suck doesn't it F. Gardner?

>> No.17168186

>>17167924
You only wish you were 0.0000001% as based as him. It must suck to have to look up to the giants and realize you are intellectually nothing but a decrepit worm begging to be spared from the boot heels of unfathomably great minds.

>> No.17168199

>>17167929
yes, this man deadass ended philosophy. it's over.

>> No.17168249

>>17167929
>>17168199
This is exactly what he was trying to do. He wasn't writing for academics who need philosophy to stay alive so they can keep collecting paychecks, but for people who want to see philosophical problems exposed to light and finally dissolved--the furniture straightened and the house tidied up, so to speak.

>> No.17168274

>>17167890
>it's society's fault I'm not a well renowned philosopher

>> No.17168376

>>17168186
Cringe

>> No.17168385

>>17167868
>gardener
>virtuoso whistler

i'd love to see his work in these fields

>> No.17168404 [DELETED] 

>>17167933
Go fuck yourself nigger lover

>> No.17168409

>>17167868
Absolutely based, but having studied TLP, I'm still unclear how it changed philosophy. Is it that it made philosophers more conscious of language? Or did have a more tangible effect?

>> No.17168414

>>17168404
Hey dude. Racism is against the rules. I'm not reporting you but be chill man

>> No.17168429

>>17168414
You sound like a stick in the mud.

>> No.17168435

>>17167890
I hate you more every time your stupid tripfagging ass posts. Wittgenstein was based. You are not. Therein lies the difference. Society doesn't hate you bitch. You hate yourself. Grow the fuck up.

>> No.17168467

>>17168429
Yes, one upright thing amid filth. Good image.

>> No.17168479

>>17167890
>Would he go do brave things if he lived in a multicultural shithole that hates whites?
Yes.

>> No.17168490

>>17167868
me:
>born into upper middle class
>college drop out
>spent 4 years on a project that went nowhere
>spent 2 years on a project that went nowhere
>work at a tiny family restaurant as a waiter
>no property or car
>only 10k in bank account
>invested in cryptocurrency (hey at least I'm up by x5 of my initial investment)
>make long lists about things I will read and read 10% of it
>make plans about how I will write about x subject that never materialize, my subconscious probably knows im too retarded to make anything worthwhile anyways
>everybody thinks I'm a "smart guy"
>everybody thinks I'm a "nice guy"
>no social life to speak of, not that I want it, I just can't be bothered anymore
>too stupid to make it intellectually, too socially unpleasant to make it by networking, too ugly to make it on looks, too nice to make it by business

My life is a literal meme.

>> No.17168502

>>17168490
Tomorrows a new year, never stop struggling friend.

>> No.17168521

>>17168467
Based

>> No.17168538

Aquinas
>is a saint
>will eternally experience the beatific vision
can't do more based than that

>> No.17168539

>>17167904
optimist

>> No.17168722

monk's biography is too embellishing. he was a horrible human being in person. every real wittgenstein specialist knows it but no one talks about it.

>> No.17168731

>>17167886
this
also he destroyed an automaton

>> No.17168733

>>17168539
>lived around working class blacks my entire life.

Never been harassed assaulted or otherwise bothered. You guys are just pussies.

>> No.17168747

>>17168722
He was very troubled and was a much better sophist than philosopher.

>> No.17168778

>>17167868
>BTFO’d Bertrand Russell so hard he stopped doing philosophy
I personally consider this Wittgenstein's greatest achievement. Thank god for this autist supreme.

>> No.17169822
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17169822

>>17167868

>Find me a philosopher who was 1% as based as him, I fucking dare you.

420 Blaise It Pascal, Maurice Blanchot, Donald Davidson, and Your Mom.

>> No.17169875

>>17167868
Very based. This is inspiring, I didn’t know he led such a life – I guess I’ll pick up that biography soon